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Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901 to Captain Julius Walker Adams

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00214.02.14 Author/Creator: Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: December 30, 1878 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 14.5 cm Order a Copy

In this letter, Porter discusses his case. Notes that Adams's friend, Thomas Church Haskell Smith, testified against him. Relates that Major Gardiner requested documents from the War Department regarding Generals George McClellan, William Buel Franklin, and Henry Wager Halleck to use against Porter in trial. Remarks that his lawyer, Joseph Hodges Choate, proved Smith a failure on the stand. Attests that Smith is "after revenge and is now trying to prove that McClellan & Franklin & I were in league to defeat [John] Pope, even at the risk of ruining the army & the loss of the capitol." Thinks Smith's aims are political. Notes that Pope has become enemies with Secretary of War George W. McCrary and has been befriended by Sherman. Instructs Adams to hold on to his copy of the testimony.

Adams, Julius Walker, fl. 1861-1862
Choate, Joseph Hodges, 1832-1917
Franklin, William Buel, 1823-1903
Halleck, Henry Wager, 1815-1872
McClellan, George B., 1826-1885
McCrary, George Washington, 1835-1890
Pope, John, 1822-1892
Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Smith, Thomas Church Haskell, 1819-1897
Gardiner, Asa Bird, 1839-1919

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